Via my Checker buddy Ben Merkel, Checker enthusiast Bob Kerkel sent along a few photos of a Checker-based hearse he spotted in Uruguay. Ben writes:

I have no idea what the deal is with it although I suspect it has a more modern chassis judging from the wheels. I would go to my final resting place in it, for sure!

And he notes that it wears the front end of a 1949-1952 Checker A4 or A5, an incredibly rare breed of Checker nowadays.

Whether it still serves the fine folks of Uruguay is probably in doubt, judging from all the dust, but it appears that just a little tinkering would get it back on the road. And the open rear seems odd – perhaps the Checker serves as a flower car instead of as a hearse? Perhaps dual-purpose?